wilhelm

This is one of the best photographic portraits of Kaiser Wilhelm I've ever seen. And one of the few bare headed.

kind of an idiot.

You can see the family resemblance to Queen Victoria and her family, that is for sure.

The reason you can't see his left arm is because it was crippled and he was ashamed of that.

Please, befö: A mild form of madness was an hereditary chance, and the last(?) Kaiser may have inherited that. He did not want the Great War. He had been kept apart from his parents by Bismarck Bismarck was an unfit Chancellor - involving the Kaiserreich in alliances that did not work out as planned. His dismissal was far too late but quit proper, as he was doing the unthinkable: He was failing to consult his Kaiser on matters of national importance.

On the left, Prince Heinrich, Kaiser Wilhelm II's brother en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P rince_Henry_of_Prussia_(1862-1929) on the right, the Kaiser's son Crown Prince Wilhelm en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William,_German_Crown_Prince

This is a detail from a postcard "Besuch des Prinzen Heinrich im Hauptquartier des Kronprinzen" (Visit of Prince Henry in the headquarter of the Crown Prince)

Good catch! Here, from another Flickr user, is the next postcard in the series, a closeup of the two at the same site: www.flickr.com/photos/bismarckstiftung/7830899284/ And a clearer capture of the card that Bain cropped above: static3.akpool.de/images/cards/56/563994.jpg

Thanks to both of you for your excellent research. We'll fill in a bit of the information the next time we update.

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Medals & Decorations, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Your photo is uploaded here : commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bain_News_Service_-_The_... -- Seen on your photo stream. (?)

An excellent photo.

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